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COURSES AND EVENTS

COURSES AND
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ONGOING THROUGHOUT 2021
Distance learning courses and recorded online training in the assessment and treatment of neurological injury Brain Tree Training Instructors : Kit Malia and Anne Brannagan . Home / work based study courses . Designed to help you understand and apply key areas with your patients . Expert guided tuition via assignments and recorded online training . Emphasis on practical application in the areas of cognition , executive function , behaviour and awareness following brain injury . Venue : Home / work based study . Cost : £ 10 to £ 252.50 . www . braintreetraining . co . uk
ONGOING THROUGHOUT 2021
Webcast training for neurological rehabilitation Brain Tree Training All of our training courses for therapists working in neurological rehabilitation are now available as ‘ on demand ’ webcasts each broadcast once a month . See website for dates and details for the following courses : Cognitive rehabilitation , how to do cognitive rehab , insight and adjustment , dealing with behaviour , active relaxation training , advanced cog rehab : attention and information processing . Venue : Home / work based study . Cost : £ 50 to £ 100 . www . braintreetraining . co . uk
1 – 5 FEBRUARY 2021
AMPS online plus NCORE The five-day training workshop provides critical information related to the theoretical basis of the AMPS as well as experiential learning of administering and scoring AMPS evaluations . Participants obtain valuable , hands-on information regarding occupation-based assessment and intervention , as well as viewing and scoring videotaped and live AMPS observations during the course . CPD : 46 hours . Venue : Online via Zoom . Cost : £ 860 . Contact : uhdb . ncore @ nhs . net or tel : 01332 254679 . www . ncore . org . uk
2 – 3 FEBRUARY 2021
Acupuncture for occupational therapists NCORE Facilitator : Richard O ’ Hara . This new , two-day introduction to acupuncture is designed specifically for HCPC-registered occupational therapists and enables them to apply basic acupuncture in practice and has been awarded RCOT approved learning . The course teaches 10 of the most influential acupuncture points and their safe implementation in practice . It aims to help occupational therapists maintain occupation at the centre of practice within hand therapy and pain management . CPD : 14 hours . Venue : London Road Community Hospital , Derby DE1 2QY . Cost : £ 395 . Contact : uhdb . ncore @ nhs . net or tel : 01332 254679 www . ncore . org . uk
2 FEBRUARY 2021
Reading and using plans Viva Access Ltd Essential housing training . Learn the difference between plan views , sections and elevations . Learn how to use scale rules and read drawings to scale , study a wide range of architectural symbols and conventions and learn how to interpret common features used on drawings , such as title blocks and scale bars . Training delivered by highly experienced professionals . Course repeated throughout the year . Venue : Online via Zoom . Cost : £ 35 plus VAT www . viva-access . com
4 FEBRUARY 2021
Advanced course : Therapy management of Parkinson ’ s NCORE The programme will cover management at each of the four stages of Parkinson ’ s – diagnosis , maintenance , complex and palliative , with emphasis on the latter two stages . Motor and nonmotor symptoms will be covered and principles of therapeutic management will be followed by individual discipline workshops . Each session will be led by a clinical specialist in the field of Parkinson ’ s . CPD : 6.75 hours . Venue : Royal Derby Hospital , Derby DE22 3NE . Cost : £ 130 . Contact : uhdb . ncore @ nhs . net or tel : 01332 254679 . www . ncore . org . uk
4 FEBRUARY 2021
A Whole Child Approach to Address Feeding Challenges RCOT Specialist Section – Children , Young People and Families NEC Lindsay Beckerman explores the occupation of feeding ; the development of feeding skills , occupational barriers , assessment and intervention . Venue : Online webinar . Cost : £ 5 . www . eventbrite . co . uk / o / cypf-rcot-specialist-section-childrenyoung-people-and-families-nec-18431701032
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